SA concentration camp, help me get it on digg

[bwana]

and not to nitpick but "The English term concentration camp" - Are there non-English meanings for the term?

 

[d0b33]

http://digg.com/offbeat_news/First_Concentration_Camps_where_British
Shouldn't the "where" be a "were"?

oops,
well... it wont get to the front page anyway

and not to nitpick but "The English term concentration camp" - Are there non-English meanings for the term?

copied that straight off of wikipedia

 

[Skeptik]

The difference being that the blacks were allowed to crow their own crops, and actually could get passes out of the camps to do work. See my first post for more info.

Not a fact that many would highlight ...for political reasons.

Ain't that always the case with Afrikaners ???.
Always whinging about their own little perceived slights against their precious and most glorious culture and their sufferings while ignore the rest.

Casualties of the Anglo Boer War

British 22000
Boers 34000
Blacks 15000

http://sahistory.org.za/pages/specialprojects/anglo-boer-wars/anglo-boer-war2ii.htm

Less relevant indeed.
You make me sick.

See my answer to 'Neo'.
Besides, the blacks were fighting on both sides (sometimes even at the same time) which may explain the high casualties.

tibby.dude is right in this case. Skeptik, in his typical racist way posted the following:


This is a typical narrow-minded, uninformed and racist remark, we've come to expect from Skeptik.

It's a well know fact, throughout history, that the ruling party at the time, writes the history books and thus we see little mention of the involvement of black people. You really think they were not caught up in all of this?

The insult and personal attack is noted. Now a little education:- Saying something is "less relevant" does not mean "NOT relevant". It's like saying 6 million jews were killed, but 4 Chinese servants as well - don't forget them. They are most definitely LESS relevant. But such logic doesn't serve your ultimate purpose - to call people racist.

I did notice that you never answered my question about your own race. [Neo, why not grow a pair and post under your usual nick?]

Bear in mind that disease was rife...

Yes, this is what I heard from reliable sources. The farm dwellers did not have a very sound hygiene regime - as they have today. Lump them all together in a small space and you get a disaster. Any modern doctor would tell you that. In those days this camp idea was new and they did not have experience hence the disease outbreaks.

I'm not all that clued up on the Boer War but weren't those camps set up because the Boers were using guerrilla tactics. They would ambush the Brits then retreat and be shelted by the farms and small communities. As a result the Brits would burn them down and round up the residents and put them in the camps.

Also true. The Boers used to hide in the thatch roof. Their family then would call the soldiers closer (offers of sexual favours usually) then when the British soldiers were close enough they would snipe them. These tactics were considered unethical for war at the time.

 

[OhGats]

Just thought I would drop this link off http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/history/war-graves-260905.htm
in relation to this topic. Its a 2005 article, but interesting nevertheless.

 

[Debbie]

I learnt about it from Bryce Courtenay's book 'The Power of One', which was published around about 1990. [I first read it in 1994.]